‘This time shall pass’: Sheikh Mohamed’s 2020 Covid-19 pandemic message realised – The National

‘This time shall pass’: Sheikh Mohamed’s 2020 Covid-19 pandemic message realised – The National

"I'd like you to keep this in mind, this time shall pass. But it requires some patience."

Those were the words used by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, when he addressed the nation in March last year as the UAE and the rest of the world grappled with the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nineteen months on, he spoke to the public again, to call for a return to normality as the UAE bounces back from adversity.